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April 30, 1982
m 6Reagan asked by group
to abandon Great Britain
by Bill Robinson
Battalion Staff
Supporters of the Monroe
Doc i riue have made more than
20,000 telephone calls to the
White House to urge President
Ronald Reagan to refuse help
for Great Britain in the current
struggle between that country
and Argentina, said Brian Wil
son, local president of the Na
tional Democratic Policy Com
mittee.
■The group is a political action
committee within the Democra
tic Party and has about 50 mem
bers in College Station and be
tween 50,()()() and 100,000
nationwide.
■ Members of the College Sta
tion branch of the committee are
llrganizing the local campaign of
and telegrams to urge the
president to support the Rio
Treaty of 1947 and abandon
Great Britain, Wilson said.
“The Rio Treaty is more or
less the basis of the Organization
of American States,” Wilson
said. “It is similar to the NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation) treaty, only it involves
the Western Hemisphere.”
Wilson said the group is call
ing for the Monroe Doctrine to
be invoked against the British
fleet.
“The president is being told
that to break the Rio Treaty and
the Monroe Doctrine would
cause irreparable harm to the
nation,” Wilson said.
“Violation of the treaty would
totally destroy our foreign poli
cy respectability. And it could be
crucial as far as thermo-nuclear
war is concerned. The Russians
would be likely to put warheads
in Cuba and Nicaragua, instigat
ing another missile crisis.
“This time the Russians
would not back down, though.
Once we show we are not going
to enforce the Monroe Doctrine,
we couldn’t make them leave.”
Action by the local committee
follows an announcement made
Sunday by the committee’s state
headquarters that urged sup
port of the Doctrine and the Rio
Treaty.
Wilson said the NDPC has
staged demonstrations nation
wide, including the burning of a
Union Jack (the flag of the Un
ited Kingdom) in front of the
British Embassy in Houston.
“In addition, state headquar
ters said that any U.S. senator or
congressman who calls for sup
port of Britain is committing
something tantamount to
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entury Singers end
concert year tonight
^»The Texas A&M Century
iiSilgers will present their 1982
spring concert tonight at 7:30 in
Redder Auditorium.
BThe two-hour concert will be
tlil’ided into two parts, Director
p|ncy Theeman said.
The first half of the concert
1 feature spiritual and sacred
mlisic.
Then, the group’s perform
ance will focus on popular
.music, including songs from va
rious movies and plays.
The 60-member choir was
formed in 1971 and was the first
co-ed choir organization at
Texas A&M University.
Auditions, held at the begin
ning of each semester for all in
terested students, involve a 10-
minute composition perform
ance and sight-reading. Any stu
dent interested in trying out for
the volunteer group may leave
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by David Calvert
Battalion Reporter
Although they may appear
klthy, a Texas A&M professor
$fy$ many oak trees on campus
are suffering from diseases and
damage caused by street and
■ewalk construction over the
years.
J Dr. David Appel, assistant
irofessor of plant science, said
® oaks on campus are suffer-
ng from classic urban dieback.
T“We’re seeing several exam-
s of trees succumbing to dis
cs after they have been
red under stress,” Appel
said. “The urban environment
places the trees under stress,
which makes them more suscep
tible to other organisms which
cause tree diseases like oak de
cline.
p “Any time construction takes
place around a tree, its environ
ment is disturbed.”
■ Appel said the problem being
encountered on campus isn’t
nearly as serious as the situation
occurring in other areas of
Texas.
Live oaks are dying in large
numbers because of oak wilt, a
more serious tree disease that is
caused by a fungus. The fungus
invades the root system of a
stand of live oaks. Since the roots
of these trees often join together
and form a graft, the fungus Can
spread throughout an entire
stand of live oaks and quickly
wipe it out.
Appel said trees at Texas
A&M are relatively safe front
prolonged disease because they
receive good care.
“Live daks need to be cared
for to keep them healthy,” he
said. “They need to be watered,
especially in the summer. They
need to be fertilized, and they
need to be pruned periodically.”
Appel said pruning is espe
cially important. This needs to
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Eight Russian Folk Songs by Liadov
Moldau by Smetana
In the Steppes of Central Asia by Borodin
Kareila Suite by Sibilius
plus several others
Harold Turbyfill, conductor,
and Paul Kirby, guest conductor
Sunday, May 2 3:30 p.m.
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treason,” he said.
“The Organization of Amer
ican States will vote to abide by
the Rio Treaty and our support
of the British will destroy it.
Breaking the treaty would be
similar to breaking the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.”
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tree from getting ahead of the
root system in growth.
Appel said it will take work
and time to find the solutions to
tree diseases.
Eugene Ray, director of the
Department of Grounds
Maintenance, said every tree
reacts to disease and damage in a
different way.
“Some trees will show effects
right away,” Ray said, “while
others won’t start to die for three
or four years. Different varieties
of trees react in different ways.”
Ray said trees are worth more
than their aesthetic and shade
value, something most people
don’t realize.
“A mature tree can be worth
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